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Author: SamsonCharles
Despots
Noun
a ruler with absolute power and authority
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/despots
In the article, “No Place for Self-Pitty, No Room for Fear” the author, Toni Morrison states, “Dictators and tyrants routinely begin their reigns and sustain their power with the deliberate and calculated destruction of art: the censorship and book-burning of unpoliced prose, the harassment and detention of painters, journalists, poets, playwrights, novelists, essayists. This is the first step of a despot whose instinctive acts of malevolence are not simply mindless or evil; they are also perceptive. Such despots know very well that their strategy of repression will allow the real tools … Read More...
Pilloried
Noun
a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pilloried
In the article, “No Place for Self-Pitty, No Room for Fear, the author, Toni Morrison states, “I felt foolish the rest of the morning, especially when I recalled the artists who had done their work in gulags, prison cells, hospital beds; who did their work while hounded, exiled, reviled, pilloried. And those who were executed.”
The author, Toni Morrison used the word PILLORIED by describing how brutal the conditions were for the artist. They … Read More...
Project 2 Completed Draft
Samson Charles is a creative minded person wanting to expand his knowledge on design by studying design at New York City Technology. He likes putting everything into artistic perspectives, just wants to view the objects in the world as art. We will be talking about his endeavors, aspiration, mindset, and dreams moving on in the future, and how he can use design as a way to communicate to others.
My avatar is actually a piece i created on adobe photoshop. One day I was just strolling through my social media feed and saw three words that really stood out to … Read More...
Project #2
My avatar is actually a piece I created on adobe photoshop. One day I was just bored, scrolling through my Instagram feed, and saw three words that stood out to me, “Real eyes, Realize, Real lies”. Once I saw those words, an immediate thought was, how can I make those three words look visually appealing. First off I wanted to make those words stand out, and I wanted there to be more warm colors than cool. I wanted to create an illusion by trying to make the words appear through the paper, as if the colors of the words were … Read More...
One of my favorite songs by drake
Aforementioned
adjective
: mentioned previously
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aforementioned
In the article, “Today’s design grads are more woke than ever and its looking great” in the sixth paragraph, first sentence it states, “Girl Club’s graphic design manifestation is in the form of a set of zines that cover various topics relating to women and gender more widely. The topics vary from the aforementioned Notes on Camp and hip hop culture.”
Gosling meant that topics relating to women and gender have been talked about before, so it’s an on going discussion about it.… Read More...
Tonality
Noun
:The organization of all the tones and harmonies of a piece of music in relation to a tonic.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tonality
In the article, “An avatar analysis: Choosing your profile picture” Chad uses it in the first sentence in the first paragraph, “In the digital space, we do not have the luxury of forming an opinion based on body language, tonality, or other non-verbal forms of visual communication.”
Chad meant that people only form opinions on verbal forms of communication, and not non-verbal… Read More...
Curious Artifacts
I one thing i learned about this project is that designing isn’t easy as it looks, there’s a LOT of precise hand movements, and measurements that needs to happen.
I felt like i could’ve drawn more sketches just to see other drawings that i liked, but ultimately ended up choosing these three. On my next project i definitely wont do it last minute, and draw more sketches.
I chose these 3 objects because it reminds me of nature, and nature drives my curiosity. The butterfly because i always wondered how does the body of a caterpillar change into a body … Read More...
